Get an API key 30 founders who worked at Tesla started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.
Regional Sales Manager at Tesla2015-2017 · left Jul 2017
Chief Operating Officer at Wild West Systems, Inc.2025-2026
Director of Operations - Structures at Firefly Aerospace2023-2025
Solar Design Consultant at Icon Power2017-2023Head of Continuous Improvement at Firefly Aerospace2019-2023
Structural Analysis and Test Engineer at Raytheon2013-2016
Utah State UniversityBachelor'sProgram Management at Tesla2018-2018 · left Jan 2018
Global VP GTM at Sharpa2025-2026
Product Operations Lead at ByteDance2021-2025
Operations Lead at DiDi2019-2021
Market Manager at Air Liquide2013-2017
MITMBA
MITMBA
IFP SchoolMaster's
Senior Program Manager, Financial Services at Tesla2014-2017 · left Jun 2017Vice President, Corporate Development at Rock Tech Lithium2021-2026Regional Manager at Dott2019-2021MBA at SDA Bocconi2018-2019Business Development at Société Horlogère Reconvilier AG2017-2018
Analyst at THE ICONIC2012-2013
Working Student at windeln.de SE2012-2012SDA BocconiMBA
Frankfurt School of Finance & ManagementBS
University of New South Wales
CS Specialist - Financial Service Operations at Tesla2022-2023 · left Mar 2023Sage Intacct Finance ERP Consultant at Sage2024-2025Executive Search Associate at Pacific International Executive Search2023-2023
The University of SalfordMS
University of LondonBS
City of Westminster CollegeA-levelsHead of Autopilot at Tesla2013-2015 · left Sep 2015
Head of Robotics & AI at Humble Robotics2025-2026
CTO at Coral Gardeners2021-2025
CTO at Voyage2018-2020
Director of Engineering at Uber2016-2018
Director of Engineering at Otto2016-2018
VP Engineering at Cruise2015-2016
UC BerkeleyPhDSenior Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla2022-2026 · until Oct 2026
Quality Engineer, Exteriors at General Motors2021-2022
Purdue UniversityBSSenior Data Engineer at Tesla2021-2024 · left Nov 2024
Manager, Corporate Development & Strategy at Nazara Technologies Limited2025-2026
Data Analyst at iConsult Collaborative2020-2021
Data Analyst, Intern at tag82019-2019
Business Development & Research, Intern at Greenlight Planet2018-2018
Business Operations Analyst, Intern at BAXI ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED2017-2017
Syracuse UniversityMS
SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)BTechLead Learning Designer at Tesla2020-2022 · left Apr 2022
Head of Learning and Knowledge Management at IG Group2026-2026
Digital Learning Manager at Linklaters2022-2026
Instructional Design Specialist at Lever102014-2020
University of MarylandMS
University of UtahBA
Machine Learning Engineer, Computer Vision at Tesla2018-2018 · left Sep 2018Staff ML Research Scientist at Cerebras2024-2025Principal Investigator, AI Hub at Durham College2024-2024Senior ML Research Scientist at Cerebras2020-2024Machine Learning Researcher at Vector Institute2017-2019Machine Learning Research Engineer at Cerebras2019-2019Research Scientist at Uber AI2018-2019
University of GuelphMaster'sUniversity of GuelphBESoftware Engineer at Tesla2023-2026 · left Sep 2026
Software Engineer at Lyft2021-2023
Founding Engineer at Google2017-2021
Researcher - Human Computer Interaction at Lafayette College2016-2016Lafayette CollegeBachelor'sBattery Engineering at Tesla2017-2019 · left Apr 2019
Staff Electrochemical Engineer at Form Energy2019-2026
Research Assistant at Stanford University2016-2017
Intern at QuantumScape2015-2016
Intern at Imprint Energy2014-2014Stanford UniversityBachelor'sStanford UniversityMS
Software Engineer, Autopilot & Firmware at Tesla2018-2021 · left Jan 2021Resident Member at South Park Commons2026-2026Systems Engineering Tech Lead, Perception at Cruise2021-2025Machine Learning Researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center2017-2018Data Analyst at Marketeam2014-2016
Research Fellow, Supply Chain Optimization at World Food Programme2013-2014
Columbia UniversityMS
Georgia TechBSMIT
Manufacturing Design Engineer - Optimus at Tesla2026-2026 · left May 2026Engineer at NEXT Diagnostics, Inc.2024-2026Clinical Researcher - Quarter at Aggie Square at UC Davis Health2025-2025Neural Researcher @ Z-Lab at University of California, Davis2025-2025I-Corp at National Science Foundation (NSF)2025-2025
Accelerator Champion [S25] at Plasma at UC Davis2025-2025
NASA Accelerator at NASA2024-2025UC DavisBSGeorgia TechBachelor's
College of MarinSoftware Engineer Intern at Tesla2023-2023 · left Dec 2023
Software Engineer at Whop2026-2026
Software Engineer at Coinbase2024-2026Software Engineer Intern at Coinbase2023-2023
Software Engineer Intern at Revere2023-2023
Software Engineer Intern at Wells Fargo2022-2022
Cook at Panda Express CA&C2020-2021
UC San DiegoBS
Regional Manager, Charging and Energy, Northern Europe at Tesla2013-2019 · left Nov 2019Chief Operating Officer at FleetGrid2025-2026Head of Business Innovation & Development at Better Energy2023-2024Vice President - Charging & Energy at Einride2022-2024Strategic Board Advisor at Amplo2022-2023Director Charging at Einride2021-2021
Head of Future Grid - Nordics and Baltics at Siemens2019-2021
Det Kongelige Akademi
KEA
Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileMAMechanical Design Engineer at Tesla2023-2024 · left Jan 2024
Consultant at VALUENEX2023-2026
Fellow (ODF21) at ODF2024-2024
EIR at Antler2024-2024
Mechanical Design Engineer at Electric Hydrogen2023-2023
Product Design and Operations Intern at Easy-Ray2022-2022Stanford UniversityMS
University of MichiganSr. Telecommunications Engineer at Tesla2014-2015 · left Feb 2015
Co-Founder and Director of Business Operations at nexxtspace2023-2026AV Manager at Uber2015-2016
AV Manager at Zynga2011-2014
VC Engineer at BlackRock2008-2011
Broadcasting Coordinator at Thomson Reuters2007-2007
SAE Expression CollegeBA
Chabot CollegeDelivery Specialist at Tesla2020-2020 · left Mar 2020
Business Development/Operations at BitMart2024-2024
Account Manager at Mistplay2023-2024
CEO & Co-founder at Frontier Social2022-2023Entrepreneur at Antler2022-2022
Global Marketing at Seoul Stars2022-2022
Global Marketing at Artisse2022-2022
Sungkyunkwan UniversityBachelor'sProduct Communications at Tesla2012-2016 · left Nov 2016
Co-Founder at Hyperlaunch2016-2026
Vice President at Drako Motors2019-2023
Marketing and Social Media Representative at Dell Technologies2010-2011
Customer Service Representative at AAA Oregon/Idaho2004-2007
Oregon State UniversityBattery Design Engineer at Tesla2022-2022 · left Aug 2022
Member of Technical Staff at Dyna Robotics2025-2026
Roboticist at RAI Institute2025-2025
Graduate Researcher @ Kod*Lab - Quadrupedal Controls at University of Pennsylvania2022-2025
Robotics Engineer at Vivodyne2024-2024
Vehicle Controls Software Engineer at Lucid Motors2023-2023Research Assistant @ Kod*Lab - Mechanical Design, Mechatronic Integration at University of Pennsylvania2020-2022University of PennsylvaniaMSUniversity of PennsylvaniaBS
Léman Manhattan Preparatory SchoolMechanical Design Engineer at Tesla2023-2024 · left Jun 2024
Electrical Hardware- Custom Component Lead at Figure2024-2026Design Release Engineer (front seat integration electrical lead) at General Motors2021-2023
Lead Engineer for Seating System (SUV) at Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI)2018-2021
NED University of Engineering and TechnologyBE
Eastern Michigan UniversityMBAProduct Specialist at Tesla2015-2016 · left Aug 2016
Technical Project Manager at Rocket Factory Augsburg - RFA2024-2025
Avionics Integration and Operations Engineer at SpaceX2021-2023
NASA Contractor - Project Manager and Systems Engineer at University of Iowa2018-2021
Software and Electrical Engineering Co-op at Collins Aerospace2017-2018
ETH ZürichMSUniversity of IowaBachelor'sSenior Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla2025-2026 · until Jul 2026
Guitarist, Singer & Composer at The California Conservatory of Music2022-2026Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla2021-2025
YouTuber, Fingerstyle Guitarist at YouTube2017-2021
Manufacturing Engineering Intern at Amazon2020-2020
Research Member, CCAT-prime Metrology Robot Project at Cornell University2018-2020
Manufacturing Engineering Intern at Johnson & Johnson MedTech2019-2020Cornell UniversityBachelor's
Dir/VP Engineering, and MES Systems at Tesla2013-2017 · left Jan 2017EVP, CPTO at Powin2021-2025SVP Engineering at Astra2019-2022Vice President of Engineering at Apple2017-2019UC DavisPhDUC DavisMS
University of California, Santa CruzBS
Software Engineer - Autopilot at Tesla2020-2021 · left Jan 2021Research Engineer at 1X2025-2026Research Engineer at Arc Institute2025-2025Software Engineer - Constellation GNC at SpaceX2021-2025AI Research Fellow - Robotic Surgery at Caltech2020-2022
Investment Associate at Bridgewater Associates2020-2020
Software Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory2018-2019CaltechBachelor'sThe newest 25 are free. Your email unlocks the other 5, plus search and filters across every page of this directory.
Crustdata tracks hundreds of millions of professional profiles. This directory is one saved search: "current title includes founder, current company is Stealth", re-run every week. Point the same search at your own market.
Get an API key# the one request behind this page curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \ -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \ -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \ -d '{ "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [ { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name", "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" }, { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title", "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" } ]}, "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"], "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } } }' # [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.
What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.
Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.
The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.